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Crofton, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska
Population (2000): 754
Housing Units (2000): 348
Land area (2000): 0.649022 sq. miles (1.680960 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.649022 sq. miles (1.680960 sq. km)
FIPS code: 11440
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 42.730691 N, 97.497997 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68730
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Crofton, NE
Crofton
Crofton, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
Population (2000): 838
Housing Units (2000): 380
Land area (2000): 0.635500 sq. miles (1.645938 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.635500 sq. miles (1.645938 sq. km)
FIPS code: 18658
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 37.047752 N, 87.485260 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 42217
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Crofton, KY
Crofton
Crofton, MD -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland
Population (2000): 20091
Housing Units (2000): 7573
Land area (2000): 5.024452 sq. miles (13.013271 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.024452 sq. miles (13.013271 sq. km)
FIPS code: 20875
Located within: Maryland (MD), FIPS 24
Location: 39.008860 N, 76.680991 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 21114
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Crofton, MD
Crofton
Wikipedia
Crofton

Crofton may refer to:

Crofton (surname)

Crofton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Anne Crofton, 1st Baroness Crofton (1751–1817), Irish peeress in her own right
  • C. S. F. Crofton (1873–1909), British philatelist and a member of the Indian Civil Service
  • Edward Crofton (disambiguation), several people
  • Guy Crofton, 7th Baron Crofton (1951–2007), Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army
  • Professor Sir John Crofton (1912–2009), Anglo-Irish physician, pioneer in the treatment of tuberculosis
  • Kathleen Crofton (died 1982), English dancer, dance director and dance teacher
  • Meg Crofton (born 1953), American businesswoman, president of Walt Disney World Resort
  • Morgan Crofton (1826–1915), Irish mathematician
  • Patrick Crofton (1935–2016), Candian politician
  • Sir Walter Crofton (1815–1897), Anglo-Irish prison administrator and penal reformer
  • Zachary Crofton (1626–1672), Anglo-Irish nonconforming minister and controversialist

Usage examples of "crofton".

Viscount Crofton, a man in his early thirties of moderate wealth and expensive tastes, especially in women.

It would be a personal pleasure to distress Crofton, but the man was dangerous, and needed watching.

She had to be with Crofton by choice to be so angry at the interruption.

She had struck a loathsome deal with Lord Crofton, she had set out to be his mistress for a week, she had endured some pawing in the carriage without throwing up.

Having achieved that, she turned her head to see what Crofton was doing.

With Crofton it would have been vile, but it would have been her choice and for her purpose.

In the low evening dress that Crofton had insisted upon, they were highly exposed.

Stokeley Manor and be seen there, especially as Lord Crofton had promised that she could wear a mask.

But I have to point out that, sad though it is, Crofton owns Stokeley and everything in it.

I could trust, and Crofton might have replaced them in the past weeks.

You planned to get in by agreeing to give yourself to Crofton, then grab the jewels, and escape before he did his worst.

Did you not, perhaps, enjoy your bold venture with Crofton, delighting in the prospect of outwitting him?

Though terrified, though hating to let Crofton touch and command her, she had sung with excitement, with life, as never before.

She fingered through her gowns and underwear, delighted that Crofton no longer had them in his soiling possession.

But, she thought, closing the valise, if she went through with the plan, she would meet Crofton again tonight.